By 1990 the last of the temporary office permissions expired and
slowly the properties in Mayfair began to be returned to residential
use as corporations sought newly-built office premises in West
London, the City, and Canary Wharf.

By 2004 Wetherell, one of Mayfair's most notable
estate agents, had calculated that residential property in Mayfair
was more valuable than office space for the first time in many
years...

Adapted by Jayne Weldon to promote the
publication of the book, The Story of Mayfair, by Peter
Wetherell, Erik Brown and Oliver Bradbury, London 2014, which looks
at the social, financial and physical development of Mayfair, one of
the world's most famous addresses over 350 years. Reproduced with
permission.